Psalms 144
1 I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
Ein Psalm Davids. Gelobet sei der HERR, mein Hort, der meine Hände lehrt streiten und meine Fäuste kriegen,
2 He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
meine Güte und meine Burg, mein Schutz und mein Erretter, mein Schild, auf den ich traue, der mein Volk unter mich zwingt.
3 Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
HERR, was ist der Mensch, daß du dich sein annimmst, und des Menschen Kind, daß du ihn so achtest?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
Ist doch der Mensch gleich wie nichts; seine Zeit fährt dahin wie ein Schatten.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
HERR, neige deine Himmel und fahre herab; rühre die Berge an, daß sie rauchen;
6 Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
laß blitzen und zerstreue sie; schieße deine Strahlen und schrecke sie;
7 [It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
strecke deine Hand aus von der Höhe und erlöse mich und errette mich von großen Wassern, von der Hand der Kinder der Fremde,
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
deren Mund redet unnütz, und ihre Werke sind falsch.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
Gott, ich will dir ein neues Lied singen, ich will dir spielen auf dem Psalter von zehn Saiten,
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
der du den Königen Sieg gibst und erlöst deinen Knecht David vom mörderischen Schwert des Bösen.
11 [So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
Erlöse mich auch und errette mich von der Hand der Kinder der Fremde, deren Mund redet unnütz, und ihre Werke sind falsch,
12 I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
daß unsere Söhne aufwachsen in ihrer Jugend wie die Pflanzen, und unsere Töchter seien wie die ausgehauenen Erker, womit man Paläste ziert;
13 I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
daß unsere Kammern voll seien und herausgeben können einen Vorrat nach dem andern; daß unsere Schafe tragen tausend und zehntausend auf unsern Triften;
14 I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
daß unsere Ochsen viel erarbeiten; daß kein Schade, kein Verlust noch Klage auf unsern Gassen sei.
15 If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
Wohl dem Volk, dem es also geht! Wohl dem Volk, des Gott der HERR ist!
